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- 1 The Era of Dark Gold: I Made My Fortune Running a Casino 暗金时代，我开赌场发家致富 (Urban slice of life) (High Martial Arts World) Lin Feng used to work as a delivery driver. After being bullied by a relative of the owner of the delivery station, he lost his job. A friend introduced him to a crew that ran a gambling den. There, he unexpectedly discovered that he was a jinx. From then on, he got an overpowered cheat and charged straight ahead... 543Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn as the Supreme Gambler of Dongguan 重生之东莞至尊赌神 (Card Sharps) + (Reborn) + (God of Gamblers) + (Dongguan) + (System) + (Realistic) + (Macau) + (Casino) The short drama Reborn to Stir Up a Casino Storm is now streaming. A mishap during a drug trial sends gambling addict Zhang Haiyang back ten years, where he once again faces the first wager of his life. A game of Three-Card Poker at nine, then a nightlong drive to Guangdong. But this time, Zhang Haiyang has been reborn. Together with his two brothers, he'll reclaim every last thing he lost in 640Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 3 The 13th Book by Black Marlin Fan 喜欢黑枪鱼第13本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 220Reads—Score10014d adds
- 4 Poker King: The Texas Hold'em Champion 赌侠之德州扑克王 (Macau + Gambling King + Shine My Shoes! + The most knowledgeable person about Texas hold’em on all of Tomato, and I’m the only one writing about it!) My name is Zhou Jin. After my parents passed away and left me with a mountain of debt, I had to make a living on my own in Macau. Luckily, I have a Gambling God System. I win every bet, so I’m sure to make a fortune. Wait, something’s not right. Why is it a Charity Gambling God System? Charity it is, then! Here is everything I own: a commercial ce 6.1kReads6.8Score32114d adds
- 5 After Gaining X-Ray Vision, I Went on a Rampage at the Casino 获得透视功能后，我在赌场杀疯了 What? My girlfriend took out an online loan using nude photos? Zheng Qian is stunned when he gets the call. To help his girlfriend pay off the debt, he can only take a risk and try his luck at a casino. Unexpectedly, he gains the power to see through things and cleans out the casino... "How much did this beauty borrow against her photos? I'll pay it off for her... A hundred thousand? Fine, she's coming with me!" "This girl's pretty too. How much does she owe?" Having money really makes a 849Reads5.9Score10214d adds
- 6 The Gambling Demon: Reborn for a Comeback? A 100% Win Rate Wipes Out the Table 赌魔：重生翻盘？百分百胜率通杀 [Invincible Thrills + Decisive and Ruthless + High IQ + A Gambling Fiend Reborn] Ling Xiao, a lifelong gambler, was schemed against by his partners and lost his last penny. He jumped to his death! But the jade bangle his mother left him activated the System, allowing Ling Xiao to be reborn and gain the power of a gambling fiend... Reborn, Ling Xiao is decisive and ruthless. He takes on casinos of every kind, matching wits with countless experts. His journey is full of fireworks and lightning, an 283Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 7 The Poker God 德州扑克之赌神 The only Texas Hold’em novel on all of Tomato! Some say he’s a bluffing fiend at the poker table. Others call him the face of honest Texas Hold’em. Some hail him as the God of Gambling, saying there’s no poker game he can’t win. He changed the landscape of the poker world. To many, he’s a legendary player, the new generation’s King of Poker, the God of Gambling. But Chen Ren introduces himself this way: “They call me Blackjack’s sweetheart. Twenty-One is my game. My name is Chen Ren. You can cal 51Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 8 Isn’t It Just Jail Time? Why Am I Getting Shot? 不是就坐牢吗？怎么让我挨枪子？ Isn't prison the worst I can get? Why are they making me face a firing squad? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Casino Storm 赌场风云 People often say that nine out of ten gambling games are rigged, but there's another saying: gamble long enough, and even the gods will lose. In our harmonious society, where material and spiritual culture are highly developed, the age-old vice of gambling is still all around us. How many people have lost everything to it, even tearing their families apart? Written from the perspective of someone who worked in casinos, this book exposes the little-known secrets of the gambling world and the many —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Back to 2005 to Become the King of Gambling 重回05做赌王 Quit gambling. Quit gambling. Quit gambling. They say important things three times. Small bets break your heart; big bets can cost you your life. This book is written as a warning to those of you who have fallen into gambling and cannot stop: turn back before you go too far, and there is still hope. Han Bing, a casino cheat forced by a gang boss to take the fall, is reborn in 2005. In his previous life, he was controlled by others and turned into a puppet addicted to every vice, committing one c 22.8kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 11 The Superpowered God of Gambling 异能赌神 Reborn as a legendary gambler, watch him play the pig to eat the tiger and turn the tables... 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Welcome to the Gods' Casino! 欢迎来到神的赌场！ [Godslaying] [The Gods] [Mind Games] [One Female Lead] [Villain] [Ensemble Cast] Hello, my name is Ye Ming. I’m a madman with a twisted sense of right and wrong who fell in love with his own sister. Did you come up to the rooftop for some fresh air? Or are you in trouble? Don’t worry. I’ve got a way out for you before you die. You’re going to die anyway, so why not give it a try? “Welcome to the Gods’ Casino! How about betting your life in a game of death? I am Prado Sen, the god who rules o 28Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 13 I’m Devouring Egg Tarts and Dominating the Poker Table 狂炫蛋挞，我在牌桌大杀四方 Fang Yan is an official at the Lotus Casino, and his life hangs by a thread! In his darkest hour, he unexpectedly awakens the "Taotie Card Eye": wolfing down egg tarts lets him see through the cards and read his opponents' hands! And so the "Egg Tart God of Poker" bursts onto the scene! At underground gambling dens, he sees through the cheats' tricks at a glance and rakes in millions in chips. At the Eastern Star tournament, he outplays a mathematical genius with flawless calculations and face-s 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Gambler: Ruling the Four Seas 老千之纵横四海 My master often said, “Where there are people, there are grudges. Where there are grudges, there is the jianghu. People are the jianghu, and the jianghu lives in the grudges between people. A lifetime as a person is a lifetime in the jianghu.” The jianghu stretches far and is impossible to predict. Truth and lies blur together: the false may be true, and the true may be false. (This book has no playing the pig to eat the tiger and no face-slapping plotlines. The early chapters are harsh. This is 426Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 15 Taking the System to Las Vegas 带着系统闯拉斯维加斯 (New book: "Paranormal: From the Start, I Alone Have the Ultimate Max-Level Talent, Pick One of Nine". Everyone is welcome! My heartfelt thanks and gratitude!) Ancestral Talent System! Gambling Saint Talent, Medical Saint Talent, Sword Saint Talent... There are countless talents in the mortal world, and Zhao Yunke enjoys them all. The past, present, and future; Blue Star, the High Martial World, and the Cultivation World; Thirty-three heavens, billions of skills: Zhao Yunke enjoys them all. Watc 627Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 16 Three Days: I Won Ten Million at the Casino 三天，我在赌城赢了一千万 [Urban + Supernatural Abilities + Everyday Life + Multiple Heroines] One act of courage earned Lin Qiu the supernatural ability to see through things. Rejected after confessing to the campus beauty? You look down on me today, but tomorrow you won’t even be worthy of me. Lin Qiu’s motto: Be an ordinary man, greedy for money and fond of beautiful women... 6.8kReads7.9Score54814d adds
- 17 1995: The Underworld of a Thousand Doors 一九九五，千门江湖 Memoirs of an Old Cardsharp: 1995–2015 More than card tricks, this is the underworld My name is Lin Tianfeng. I'm an old cardsharp... I started learning card tricks in elementary school. This craft brought me into the orbit of powerful people, and that's what kept me alive. From an innocent boy in an arcade to a feared figure in international casinos From a reckless street tough to an underworld kingpin in the Golden Triangle In eighteen years, I traveled a road that takes others s 25Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 18 God of Gamblers: Turning My Life Around with a One-Yuan Coin 赌神：从一元硬币翻身开始 Zhang Huailuo worked as a traffic cop for four years, diligently and conscientiously doing his duty. But after stopping a car he should have left alone, he was sent the very next day to watch over a reservoir in the countryside. While passing through a village, he spotted several slot machines. The sight brought back memories of playing them as a child and getting chased around by his parents. With a one-yuan coin in his pocket, he went in for a game, hoping to relive those childhood thrills. Bu 16Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 19 I Made Billions in One Night at the Casino, and Now My Ex-Wife Begs Me to Take Her Back 赌场一夜赚百亿，前妻跪求我复合 [Fast-paced, high-conflict, packed with satisfying moments. If you think it’s trash, feel free to drop it.] Xia Qi was the good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law of the Su family. For three years, he endured his mother-in-law’s scornful taunts, his wife’s cold disdain, and the contempt of relatives and coworkers. In the end, his gold-digging ex-wife Su Qing kicked him out for being “a good-for-nothing,” and they divorced. Forced to take a business trip to Las Vegas, he stepped into a casino with on 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 You Won at Mahjong, but What About Your Life? 麻将胡了，可你的人生呢？ My name is Li Yang. I dropped out of high school and became a good-for-nothing, just wasting my days. Then one day, a buddy sent me a link, and from that moment on, my fate spiraled out of control. Red-envelope Minesweeper was the bait. A triple in a one-minute lottery made my blood race, while long streaks in Dragon-Tiger Duel repeatedly left me shattered. Bro, no, everyone reading this: I'm begging you, don't touch it. At the end of that road, there's no fortune, only destruction. 3.6kReads8.9Score18714d adds
- 21 The Gambler's Book of Life and Death 赌桌生死簿 Orphan Gong Jiudeng became the apprentice of Mr. Yi, a master of the underworld, at a young age. At the gambling table, he’s a top cardsharp. But out in the world, life and death aren’t decided by the cards alone. Danger lurks around every corner. How will he face the trials of the gambling table and the underworld, time and again? How will he find a way out? His life is both legendary and tragic... A dark underworld tale blending suspense, political intrigue, and action. It features card-sharp 167Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 22 My Life as a Con Artist II 我的老千生涯II He’s an expert who specializes in catching card cheats. In the past, he struck fear into the hearts of gamblers and cheats at underground casinos of every size. The seemingly miraculous sleight of hand that fools outsiders, the street scams that ruin lives, and the ever-advancing high-tech cheating devices: Teng Fei will expose every trick behind them. The contest between setting a trap and breaking it isn’t just a battle of wits and courage. It’s also a vivid display of greed, deception, and tr 2.4kReads9.3Score27014d adds
- 23 The Legendary Mei Luo, Master of a Thousand Tricks 千门圣手梅洛传 On New Year's Eve, a gang of thugs shoot his father and grandfather dead, leaving him an orphan. With smuggling and illicit trafficking running rampant, a certain department secretly establishes a training base to cultivate experts in every field. There, the young Mei Luo masters all kinds of gambling tricks. Watch as he makes his way through the underworld and into the Star-Picking Club. Though he loved playing the hero, in the end he made his living through gambling. As he lay dying, he repea 5.6kReads8.9Score58814d adds
- 24 Xie Shuhuan Wangdai's 21st Book 谢熟缓忘呆第21本书 My new work is here! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 86Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 25 Thirteen Ghost-Hand Techniques: There's a Way to Gamble 鬼手十三式：赌亦有道 A true gambling hero Does not gamble for profit, but to cultivate the mind. A game of cards reflects the ways of the world; what you choose to keep or give up reveals your true self. Stake your greed and anger, and hold fast to your principles. Know right from wrong, and distinguish good from evil. Wins and losses vanish in an instant; only a steadfast character endures. Never cheat to win, and never let gains or losses cloud your mind. See how the young gambling hero Huang Long makes the Thirte 594Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The King of Kings with X-Ray Vision 透视之千王之王 [Rebirth + X-Ray Vision + Card Sharp + Gambling God + Wish-Fulfillment + Urban Supernatural Powers] Zhang Wei rented a BMW to show off while heading home for the New Year. His flashy ride attracted the wrong kind of attention, and someone schemed against him, luring him into a card game. He was set up and lost everything he owned, along with the BMW he’d rented. Penniless and saddled with enormous debt, Zhang Wei chose to jump off a building. But when he woke up, he discovered he had been reborn 233Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 27 King of Gambling 赌王 Macau, a city where gambling is legal. You think gambling is all about luck? Actually, it isn't. Skill, probability, cheating… Often, a game is already decided before it even begins. And that means one thing: you lose! Anyone who comes here and gets hooked on gambling will never get back on their feet! Gambling isn't a game for ordinary people to dabble in. In the hands of those with an agenda, it's a blade that kills without drawing blood! 11.9kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 28 A Life of Gambling 赌涯人生 I'm a card cheat! Behind the seemingly glamorous card tables lies a world of knives and swords, where every step could be deadly. I thought I'd learned how to rig the game and deceive others, but I never realized that perhaps I was just a pawn on someone else's board. 343Reads9.0Score13014d adds
- 29 Livestream: Becoming the God of Gambling in Aomen, Driving Netizens Wild with Envy 直播：去澳岛当赌神，网友羡疯啦 In a nutshell: “Starting with a hundred bucks and predicting ten seconds ahead, the whole internet watches him turn the ‘impossible’ into legend!” On the day he transmigrates, Zang Fan binds himself to the Prediction System. All he needs is popularity to level up! Starting with just a hundred bucks in his livestream, he uses “divine predictions” to hit one long shot after another, turning the tables for a million in three minutes and setting the platform abuzz in ten! Rich socialites shower him 7.1kReads5.9Score39014d adds
- 30 My Boyfriend Tricked Me Onto a Gambling Ship on Valentine's Day 情人节我被男友骗上赌船 My Boyfriend Tricked Me onto a Gambling Boat on Valentine's Day 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Hong Kong Films: Starting with King-Level Gambling Skills, I Conquer All of Hong Kong! 港片：开局王级赌术，赢下全港！ Transmigrating into the world of Hong Kong films in the early 1990s, he activates a god-tier System from the start, gaining the ability to quickly copy other people's extraordinary powers. The World Gambling King Championship is about to begin. Powerful figures from places like Bay Island and Hong Kong Island are ready to compete, each determined to claim the title. Just then, a remarkable young man appears before the two of them... 16Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 32 The Little Northeasterner of Macau 澳门小东北 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 407Reads8.4Score10714d adds
- 33 One Gamble for the Thrill 一赌为快 A casino-boat dealer is drawn into chaos by the lure of money. After he's caught cheating, he escapes the gambling boat and drifts across a desolate sea... Seeking revenge, love, friendship, and family, he embarks on an extraordinary path. What awaits him in the future? This is the story of young Fu Ming's journey from a naive boy into a true man, exploring responsibility, relationships, human nature, and his clashes with other powerful figures. Its vivid cast will draw you in. When I talk about 4Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 34 The Return of the Gambling God 赌神归来 A croupier is drawn into a chaotic affair by the lure of money. After being caught cheating, he escapes from a gambling ship and drifts across a desolate sea... [Author's note: Gambling is harmful! Gambling is harmful! Gambling is harmful! Don't gamble! Don't gamble! Don't gamble!] 1.4kReads8.9Score10814d adds
- 35 Online Gambling: It All Started When My Creditors Came Knocking 网赌，从被债主找上门开始 [Online Gambling] [Multiple Heroines] [Realistic] [Highly Immersive] [Not Another Mindless Power Fantasy] I went all in on big one last time. Lady Luck didn’t favor me, and my creditors were already blocking the door with chains in their hands. I had secretly taken my mother’s most precious gold bracelet. I wanted to use it to turn my life around… “Xu Yuan, let’s go home, okay?” Yu Yao held an umbrella over me, shielding me from the torrential rain. Through the downpour, her eyes grew blurry wit 11.8kReads8.4Score81514d adds
- 36 A Life Ruined by Gambling 被赌博毁掉的人生 This is a true recollection! One greedy impulse drew him into a Macau gambling den. Old brothers turned against each other, and a love affair teetered on the brink. Some wagered their entire fortunes, while others sank into the abyss. Gambling crushed countless ordinary lives and laid bare the endless regrets of gamblers. 1.7kReads—Score10614d adds
- 37 Golden Eyes: The King of Jadeite Gambling 黄金瞳：透视赌石王 [Jade Gambling + Antique Appraisal + Comeback + Underdog + Feel-Good Fiction] Intern Lin Feng is humiliated, but unexpectedly awakens Golden Eyes that can see through rough jade and discern the secrets of countless treasures. From then on, worthless stones conceal Imperial Green jade, and rotten wood reveals millennium-old treasures. He makes a fortune gambling on jade and appraising antiques, earns trillions, and delivers face-slapping comeuppances to industry giants. He also uncovers the myste 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The King of Gamblers: Who Is the King of Gamblers? 赌王之谁是赌王 This book is called The Thousand Gates of the Blue Road. As the head of the Thousand Gates, I’ll take you into the story of the Thousand Gates of the Blue Road. I’m a con artist, or more precisely, the leader of the con artists. I joined the Thousand Gates and walked the Blue Road. The Thousand Gates is a sect. It’s nothing like the crooked little gangs you imagine, picking pockets, showing off tricks, and swindling people out of their money! 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Rise of a Northeast China Cardsharp 东北老千成长之路 The story of a young cardsharp from the Northeast countryside who fights his way to success, making his way from rural gambling games to the ups and downs of the big city. It exposes the harms of gambling: nine out of ten games are scams. Stay away from gambling. 2.2kReads7.1Score10514d adds
- 40 The Legendary Life of Macau’s Wash-Money Hua 澳门洗米华的传奇一生 "Wash Yinhua" was once a legendary figure in Macau's gambling industry, known as the "New King of Asian Gambling." His life was full of drama. Starting out as an ordinary casino loan shark, he built a vast junket empire before ultimately landing behind bars for cross-border gambling crimes. 607Reads—Score10014d adds
- 41 The Winners' Club 赢家俱乐部 He can predict the outcome of a match with near-perfect accuracy. But if the stake is your conscience, would you still place a bet? A born cardsharp, the likes of whom appear only once in a thousand years, spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the crimes he committed before becoming a crime boss. Does that make him a good person? A group of nobodies, caught up in gambling and the underworld, find the good and evil in human nature magnified. How should they choose, how should they liv 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Aobiao Bula's Third Book 奥德彪不拉的第3本书 The rating has only just been posted, so it will go up over time. Feel free to listen and read! [First Person] [Based on Real Experience] [Everyday Urban Life] This book recounts the true story of an ordinary person who stumbled into online gambling. At first, he joined in thinking he could get lucky. But the lure of winning and losing drew him in deeper and deeper, until his savings were gone, he was buried in debt, and his life sank step by step into a dark abyss. He endured the pain of being 2.4kReads6.7Score10914d adds
- 43 My Life in the Underworld of Cardsharps: Unstoppable 我的老千江湖之所向披靡 A showdown between professional cardsharps isn't just about winning or losing. It can mean the difference between life and death. My name is Lin Lingdong. I'm a professional cardsharp and a powerful gang boss who commands respect throughout the underworld. As the saying goes, one thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. The underworld is a place where the strong prey on the weak, and in the world of cardsharps, you can get rich overnight or lose everything just as fast. Where do we go from h 3.9kReads8.2Score18614d adds
- 44 A Book Above the Clouds 云上的一本书 1.8kReads9.0Score16114d adds
- 45 Ten Years of Trials and Tribulations: Finding Redemption Through Gambling 十年风雨，赌途自我救赎 Somewhere along the way, it began to feel as if we had all become marionettes, constantly controlled by our phones, whether for work or entertainment. Some people, though, are willing to take reckless risks for something for nothing, only to lose both their money and everything else, setting themselves on a path of no return... The house always wins! My name is Long Zheng. Drawing on my own experiences, I recount more than a decade of gambling, from my college graduation through 2025: starting w 1.1kReads8.7Score—14d adds
- 46 My Life in the World of High-Stakes Gambling 我的老千江湖 [Based on a lifetime of gambling experience, revealing the secrets behind a hundred cheating techniques] I grew up in casinos. In the noisy halls, the lure of money blinded people to everything else: cheating, feuds, traps... They sank deeper and deeper into gambling, losing everything they owned, destroying their families, and plunging toward the abyss! After years of rising and falling, I became a professional cheat-catcher, feared throughout the gambling world! In this seemingly glamorous wor 2.3kReads8.8Score19714d adds
- 47 My Years of Online Gambling 那些年我网赌的日子 A first-person story about a gambler named Jiang Feng. Gambling online brings a chain of consequences for family, friendship, and love. It’s real, and it’s cruel. This is my story. Take my advice: if you’re going through this too, turn back as soon as you can. 1.5kReads8.2Score10714d adds
- 48 My Years as a Gambling-House Host and Companion in Macau 我在澳门叠码陪玩儿的那几年 I'm Chen Jun, a Hebei native who has worked as a junket agent in Macau for five years and is still in the business. People think our line of work is glamorous: we meet wealthy bosses every day and make money just by talking. But only I know the abyss of human nature I face every single day. 1.3kReads8.0Score10414d adds
- 49 My Casino's Golden Eyes Can See the End of All Life 我的赌场金瞳，能见众生末路 I’m Zhao Fan. I make my living in casinos, with a pair of eyes that can see through fate. But who knew this wasn’t some divine power? It was nothing but a shackle, one that bore the weight of human hearts and human nature. After spending enough time around gambling, I came to understand: Nine out of ten games are rigged, and every gambler loses in the end. Stay away from gambling. The moment you sit at the table, you’re taking the first step toward ruin. You’re after money, but everyone else is 15.5kReads8.4Score98714d adds
- 50 The Blue Road: Cardsharps and Beauties 蓝道江湖：老千和尤物 Don't gamble if you want to win. Stay away from gambling. In 2005, I got caught up in a conspiracy involving a gambling scheme and a rigged card game, and met three middle-aged female card sharks. These women were masters of deception, ruthless in their schemes, and had influence far and wide. Caught in their world, I felt like a boat adrift in a stormy sea. I couldn't believe there were so many temptations and traps in the world. I couldn't believe people could go so far as to turn the world up 1.3kReads8.5Score10214d adds
